It's Christmastime!!

Another year has gone by....the years seem to go faster the older I get! Today is already December 12th and I still haven't put up my tree. I've been so busy with life...that I can't manage to get everything done when I want to do it! Between birthdays, parties, church callings, last minute christmas shopping, birthday shopping, kids schedules, family celebrations, and everything else-I just haven't had a minute! We are excited to put our lights on our house and get our tree up and decorated, we hope to do it this weekend. All of our other Christmas decorations are out-just not the most important thing, the tree. We recieved a "Secret Santa" gift on our doorstep last week...or maybe 2 weeks ago now ( I don't remember for sure), and had to put it up right away. Thanks Linda, it's the highlight of Hailey's christmas this year! It's a blow-up for our yard, and it's SO cute! Hailey loves to plug it in every night and watch it blow up. Hopefully we'll be able to get the rest of our fun Christmas decorations up this weekend so we have time to enjoy them. I'll keep you posted. Happy Shopping!

Thanksgiving

Ok, I'm way behind in my blogging. Thanksgiving was a lot of fun. I somehow managed to get out of making anything for the special day....don't know how that happened-but it made my job alot easier! I also left my camera in my bag the whole day too-stupid thing to do on a holiday. We went to Nannie's house (dan's grandma) for dinner and spent the rest of the evening playing with and chasing the kids. We had a good time and enjoyed seeing all of the family. The only picture both me and my sister-in-law managed to get that day was one of all the grandkids. I actually didn't even take it-I just asked her to email it to me-yep, I'm lazy! These are all of the grandkids on Dan's side of the family. The 2 girls on the left are mine, the other 2 girls belong to dan's sister Krissy, and Mj (the only boy) is stacie's. There are also 2 more on the way. It's crazy how fast the family grows and grows. Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving-we did.

Whitney, Hailey, Izze, Mj, and Zoie

Stacie's Baby Shower

The Saturday after Dan and I got back from our cruise was Stacie 's (sister-in law) baby shower. We had it in my in-laws backyard, and luckily it was a beautiful day. We didn't have as many people come as I had hoped, but we still had a good turnout. Everything turned out great; the food, the decorations, the company, the cake...everything went really well. Stacie got a lot of fun clothes and cute girly blankets and hairbows-I think it helped her get even MORE excited to have a girl. All in all, everything went well. I'm glad I could help plan and be a part of it!

A special THANKS to my friend Jaymie for doing the cake for me-she did a great job and it tasted yummy! Thanks again Jaymie for saving me!

Our Cruise

We had a great time on our cruise! Things have been a little crazy since we got back, so this is the first chance I have had to blog about it! WE left out of San Diego, were at sea for a day, andthen ported in Cabo San Lucas. The weather was really warm, and the water was just as warm too-I actually got into the ocean! We walked around and looked for gifts to bring home to the girls, we ate a lot and topped everything off with dessert. We borded the ship and spent the rest of the day hanging out on the ship. The next day we were at sea all day and just spent time hanging around the ship. The next day we ported in Ensenada, Mexico. There wasn't much to do but look around and shop, so that's what we did! We then had a night at sea and then ported in San Diego to get off the ship. We drove home from San Diego and were excited to see our girls again. We had a great time and loved having some time together alone.